Stillwater Area High Remains On MDH Coronavirus Outbreak List

STILLWATER, MN — Stillwater Area High School on Thursday was once again included on the Minnesota Department of Health’s list of facilities with recent coronavirus outbreaks.

The high school was added to the list in September and is the only Stillwater school on the latest list released Thursday.

St. Croix Catholic and Wildwood Elementary were removed from the state’s list last week. Schools are taken off the list when they have not reported a new coronavirus case for 28 days, according to MDH officials.

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The COVID-19 data dashboard for the Stillwater Area Public Schools shows there have been 38 total coronavirus cases at Stillwater Area High School since the start of the school year, with three new cases reported from Oct. 22-28. The high school has about 2,760 students, according to Public School Review.

The number of Washington County schools with recent coronavirus outbreaks continues to grow each week. There were 26 Washington County schools on Thursday’s list, three more than last week.

Eighty Minnesota schools were added to the list Thursday, taking the state’s total to 639 schools with coronavirus outbreaks.

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A school is considered to have an outbreak when it reports five or more confirmed cases of the virus in students or staff who were in the building while infectious during the most recent two-week reporting period.

Schools on the list may not have ongoing transmission, according to MDH officials. Schools are removed from the list after 28 days without any new cases.